Slowly but Surely

Slowly, all the Angel Tree money is coming in. It amazes me that every time I check back, another hurdle has been crossed. No child on AT has less that $27 in their AT funds tonight, and I hope by tomorrow none will have less than $30.

 

 I would guess that over half the kids, including Lianne, are still under the $100 mark. I heard that someone set a challenge to see if we can get all the AT babies over $100 by Thanksgiving... I believe it can happen! Do you? Slowly but surely, we are getting closer and closer.

 

A lot of the kids are also already over the $100 mark, a couple are over the $500, and 2 babies already have their $1000! But that doesn't not mean that their warriors are giving up and quitting! Nope, they are still raising money. Also 4 AT babies also found their forever families, including Tabitha! 

Keep praying, donating, and sharing!

Kaleigh

Tabitha's Family

Click here to read about Tabitha's family on the New Commitments page!

I am so thrilled to learn more about Tabitha's future family... ever since I saw her on the MFFM page, I kept checking for her to be placed on the New Commitments page too. I prayed her family would have a blog so I could follow their journey, and guess what?! They do!
http://ifnotmethenwhoifnotnowthenwhen.blogspot.com/

Better yet, I learned she will have 2 sisters to run around and play with. Sisters who will always be there for her no matter what! Listen to this, one of them also has DS! Definitely God's planning!

But the icing on top of the cake is that Tabitha lives in the same state I do! I have no idea if I happen to live in the same town or not, or anywhere close, but I think it is so cool that we are gonna be living in the same state once she is home :)

Please continue praying for Tabitha and her new family, because I know they still have a long road ahead of them until Tabitha comes home.  I also cannot wait to see what they change her name to! 

Kaleigh :)

introducing the newest addition!

Since Tabitha has a family coming for her, I decided I would pick a new babe to advocate for. It is an amazing feeling to know I helped pray for Tabitha, and now she has a family coming for her! So it is time to begin moving on to a new sweet girl, whose RR name is Lianne!

 

Isn't Lianne just adorable?! Love that face she is making!

Here is what her RR profile says:

 Girl, Born 2009

PRAISE GOD for new photos of LIANNE!   And would you look at the size of the bow on her head???   She is much loved, and not the crib-ridden child her old photos showed her as.   What a miracle, and she is three already, so facing a transfer next year.
Baby Lianne was born with Down syndrome.   She does have significant strabismus.  She has an open oval window (atrial defect) that should be checked once she is home.
More photos available, married couples only please.

Lianne has over $1700 in her account, which is a great start! If all the Angel Tree money is raised for her, she should have over $2600! My goal is to ultimately help her family find her as soon as possible, but I would love for it to happen by the end of Angel Tree! Lianne has been on RR for a while, and I don't want that to be the case anymore! Please consider helping Lianne by donating through her Angel Tree fund this holiday season!

Kaleigh

Guess Who Has A Family?!

 

Do YOU know who was found today?! 

I came home to the best surprise I could ever wish for. 

I am almost in tears now writing this now because of how THRILLED I AM! 

She's the reason I started this blog. 

The reason I stuck with Reece's Rainbow and didn't just go there once and never return.

The reason I pray daily for the sweet orphans with DS.

The reason I hope to adopt one day. 

I will never EVER forget her.

And she means more to me than she will ever know!

I cannot wait to see who is adopting her! 

God Bless that family, and I hope someday I will get to meet them and thank them personally. 

Do you know who I am talking about yet? 

Yes. 

TABITHA!!!! 

  

SHE HAS BEEN FOUND! 

This is also amazing to me to see that as long as I keep praying for something, God always answers. Sure, I would've loved for her to get found over a year ago when I first saw her face. The very next day would have been excellent. But that was not in God's timing. He had a specific family set aside for Tabitha and he had to wait until Fall 2012 to make His big reveal!

Kaleigh :)

When Almost Isn't Enough.

In a little over 2 hours, Angel Tree 2012 officially begins. But 8 children are still without warriors. We have fought hard and found warriors for *almost* all of the children. But is almost enough? Will almost matter to one of those 8 children? No. Their lives will stay the same. If no one steps up to become their warriors, it's basically saying we don't care about them. Please post these babies EVERYWHERE and get them warriors! If you feel led to be one of their warriors, PLEASE DO!

TEAGEN

CORBAN

DEXTER

VYTAS

GARRETT

BLAKE

JASPER

JOANIE


Some of them have little to nothing in their grants, while others are blessed to have more. Some of them have adorable pictures, while others do not have a good picture or do not have a picture at all. Please look past all of this tonight, and just pray that these children will find warriors in the next 2 hours and 25 minutes.

Kaleigh

2 Days

Sabrina
Sophia E.
Nana 
Nana is very dear to me because she was one of the first faces I saw on Reece's Rainbow. I came back to the website a little later, back when I was first getting into blogging about it, and couldn't find her! I was heartbroken, thinking maybe she got taken off. That's when I realized that there were different age groups and she had moved up! LOL I wasn't very good at navigating the site the first few weeks ;)
Joanie
Joanie was also a face I saw a lot at the beginning of my RR journey. I don't hear much about her now, and was surprised to see her still listed! I cannot believe a family hasn't snatched up this treasure yet! 
Alicia

Jasper  no photo
Blake
Kaeden
Hayden
Garrett 
Garrett is also a little boy who stuck out to me last spring and I remember I blogged a little about him. Please help this guy find his family!
Lincoln
Warren
Vytas
Xander
Sean
Elijah
Dexter
Matthias
Corban
Curtis
Simon
Daniel
Teagan
James
Elias


5 girls. 20 boys. 2 days.
Can we find 25 more warriors to support these precious babies? I believe we can!

Also, don't forget to vote! Only 3 days left, and the money will help these babies SO MUCH!

Kaleigh

Rita's Been Found!

God Bless whoever the family is that is adopting this sweet girl. She is just the cutest thing ever, but was about to age out of her current orphanage.

Orion has also been found!

I just love looking at the MFFM page and seeing new faces on there. But it is even more heart warming to see familiar little faces on there. Ones you have been advocating for. Ones you have been praying for.

 I pray that one day, Reece's Rainbow will be so well known and so popular that children will barely have to wait. I pray that their grant accounts will sky rocket the first day their faces get added to the site. I pray that there will someday be a waiting line for families who want to adopt Special Needs children!

Did you vote today???

Only God.

Only God could take my heart and completely transform it. Honestly, before I came across Reece's Rainbow, I would never have EVER thought about orphans with down syndrome and adopting them. But now, I am completely changed and for that, I praise God.

Funny thing happened today as I was reading different blogs. One that wasn't even about adoption, but was by a Christian woman led to an adoption site called Show Hope. Now if I remember correctly from my childhood from when my mom loved to listen to Steven Curtis Chapman, believe he and his wife began show hope. So anyways, I click on the link and it had some pictures of orphans in China. One face in particular really made me stop so I clicked on it. I started to read more info and read that she has DS. I guess I am just drawn to DS babies now!

Here is the face I saw. I know, it's tiny. But isn't she just a doll?!

Then I clicked on his face, and saw that he had DS too!! At first I thought maybe they all did, but when I looked at some other children, they didn't! 


I just had to share them with you in hopes that you will pray for them too!

Kaleigh

Did you vote today?

I promise longer posts ARE coming soon, but write now the main thing I want to focus on is getting as many people as I can to vote for Reece's Rainbow in the contest! PLEASE vote here is you haven't, because we aren't in 1st place anymore :( I am sure the new 1st place cause is a great one, but this money could change these 10 babies lives, forever.

Kaleigh

30 Seconds

If you could take about 30 seconds out of you day for the next 2 weeks to give 10 Reece's babies $5,000 each, would you? Might I add, it is COMPLETELY FREE!

Please go vote NOW for Reece's Rainbow, because the second place organization is catching up FAST. There is barely a 50 vote difference!

Please share this anywhere you can, because all you need to do is be 21 years old and have a Facebook. IF you don't have a facebook, it is worth it to make one and just use it to vote for these precious babies! After that, feel free to delete it!


Kaleigh

Everyone can do something

I get it. Not everyone is called to adopt, have the money to donate, or even has the time to blog. But everyone can give up a few minutes each day to pray for a specific child or family. Today I found God was burdening my heart with the families that were traveling now to adopt their precious treasures, but were not fully funded. So as I pray for them tonight, I ask that you join me. Just take a few seconds even, and pray for these families that have stepped out in faith to bring their little ones home.
  Arnold and his new family! I have loved Arnold ever since I first saw his face on RR about a year ago!

Kaleigh

Just Read Yesterday's Post!

Today, my main goal is to get anyone and everyone to read the post I wrote yesterday and to share about those treasures! So I am not going to post a "new" post. But PLEASE if you have not read it, go read it now and spread the word!

Kaleigh

Worthless.

According to the world, the following children aren't worth saving.


Harvey


Brandi


Kramer


Chad


Theodore


Garnet

But to God, each and every single child matters. If families do not step up for these children by TOMORROW, their files will be sent back saying they were unwanted. worthless.

If you are interested in adopting one of these blessings, DO NOT DELAY! Please email sarah@reecesrainbow.org right now! Hurry, before time runs out! Also, please pray that their families step up ASAP, and share this anywhere you can!!!

Kaleigh

13/31

They Still Matter

For day 12 of 31, I am going to be talking about the children on Reece's Rainbow that are over 6 years old. I saw here today that it is someone's goal to get them ALL over $100 in their grant account. So today I am going to share a few of the adorable faces that still need more money to reach $100, but for a complete list, click here!

1. Brian- $20

 
2. Tatumn- $5.00


3. Caesar- $10

4. Collier- $5

5. Cambria- $20

6. Liam- $15
 
 7. Hope- $5
 
8. Breanna- $7

9. June- $51.25
 
10. Elliette- $28

11. Shane- $5

12. Maiya- $25.20

13. Dash- $45.50

14. Layna- $75
















15. Annie- $53.85
 
16. Davin- $25
 
17. Marina- $20

18. Gerard- $75.30

19. Christian- $51.80

20. Brian- $50.50
















21. Devon- $55
22. Rhonda- $50

23. Carly- $28

24. Channah- $65














25. Lauren- $71.60

26. Aurora- $50
27. Prudence- $54.70

28. Carissa- $50

29. Milo- $60

30. Moses- $65

31. Bryan- $10

32. Tyson- $50


There are still 97 more children on this list that are not over $100. So please take a few minutes and go through the list to find one to donate to, or please just pray for one or all!

~Kaleigh

10.11.12

Some people might have found today special because it is 10.11.12. But for one family, it was extremely special because they went from being a family of 3 to a family of 5! Amy and Andrew officially became Maria and Elijah's parents today over in Russia!

 

Aren't they an adorable couple?

 

Maria is so beautiful! 

 

It looks like they already have a great father daughter relationship!

 

Elijah is as cute as they come!

 

And of course, we can't forget about Finley, their other precious little boy! 

Ever since I discovered their blog a few months back, I have been hooked! I look forward to reading every new post, and consider Amy a role model. You can tell, even through their blog, that they have a strong relationship with each other and they are amazing parents to Finley!

Click here to read all about their adoption journey and to learn more about their family! Don't forget to leave an encouraging comment on their post from today, where they were officially a family of 5! 

Please also pray for them as they continue their journey to bring their two sweet children home forever!

~Kaleigh